The Importance of Unconscious Bias
In delivering her findings of the coronial inquest into the death of 22-year-old Ms Dhu during time spent in a Western Australian jail cell, state…
The Land We Play On
Sport, we’re told, lies at the heart of what it means to be Australian. But what in reality does this mean? The Conversation, in partnership…
Aboriginality and DNA
Aboriginal identity has at least three parts to it. I write here according to Aboriginal values and perspectives, not the Commonwealth’s deeply flawed three part…
Public Speech: ‘What’s the ‘good’ in the good fight? Questions for ethical thinking in strange times’
As globalisation and technology draw the world closer together, they’ve also revealed chasms in how we relate to each other as nations, cultures and individuals…
Public Speech: ‘When is Australia Racist? Questions of Fairness and Difference’
With artist Abdul Abdullah, writer and comedian Nakkiah Lui, Aboriginal health expert Gregory Phillips, journalist and political commentator Voranai Vanijaka and Gaysia author Benjamin Law, we explore Australian equality…
Public Speech: ‘Should Australian Cities Bear Indigenous Language Names?’
How can we achieve a deeper understanding of Australia’s Indigenous history – not just in the abstract, but in the specific contexts of where we…
Public Speech: ‘Aboriginal Peoples and the Republic – a Rationale for Change’
What should an inclusive, modern Australian nation-state look like? With Australians generally disengaged from the political system and Aboriginal peoples not properly included in the…
TV: ‘True Reconciliation Requires a Treaty’ – IQ2 Debate
Will a treaty change the way we do government in this country? Is it something we should be scared of? What does a treaty deliver?…
Radio: ‘Organisations express objections against Indigenous plan’
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PM move ‘may deepen divide’
Prime Minister John Howard's plan to intervene in child sexual abuse in the Northern Territory has sparked concerns, with critics labelling the move as 'authoritarian'.…